The research objectives were: (1) To determine the relationship of some selected Socio-psychological variables with Occupational Aspirations of rural and urban youth. (2) To find out the level of Aspiration of parents regarding their children Occupation in rural and urban communities as perceived by the respondents. (3) To determine the differences between Occupational Aspiration of rural and urban youth. (4) To find out the relationship between the Social and Psychological variables of rural and urban youths with Self-concept and Perceived Occupational expectations from significant others.

Sample comprised of 200 urban & rural High schools students of Morena District (M.P.).

A Questionnaire and structured interview schedule were developed by Investigator for data collection. 

Data were analyzed by using correlation coefficients, B-value (partial regression co-efficient) and t-test statistical techniques.

The findings were: (1) The rural and urban youths differed significantly with respect to their caste, size of family, education of father, education of mother, education of elder sister, farm production system, self-concept, Occupational Aspiration and perceived Occupational expectation. (2) Rural and urban youths did not differ significantly in respect of age, type of family, sibling size, education of elder brother, occupation of father, occupation of mother, occupation of elder brother, social-Participation and socio-economic status. (3) The caste, size of family, sibling size, education of father, education of elder brother, type of farm production, social participation, socio-economic status, self-concept and participation, socio-economic status, self-concept and perceived occupation expectation from others had positive and significant correlation with Occupation Aspiration of rural and urban youth. (4) The relationship between type of family, education of elder sister and occupation of mother with Occupational Aspiration of rural youth were found non-significant. (5) Type of family, education of elder sister and occupation of mother had significant correlation with Occupational Aspiration in case of urban youth. (6) Age was negatively correlated with Occupational Aspiration in both the areas. (7) In rural youth, the Occupational Aspirations were positively and significantly related to education of father, type of farm production system and socio-economic status. (8) The influence of age, size of family, education of elder sister and occupation of mother on Occupational Aspiration of rural youth were negative and non-significant. (9) Size of family, education of father, occupation of mother, type of farm production system and Social participation of urban youth influenced their Occupational Aspiration positively and significantly. (10) The standard partial regression co-efficient of Occupational Aspiration of urban youth with age, caste, sibling size and occupation of elder brother were negative and non-significant. (11) Socio-economic status of rural youth and education of father of urban youth showed its superiority over other independent variables in influencing Occupational Aspirations. (12) In urban youth, studied seventeen variables showed its significant relationship with self-concept. (13) Age of rural and urban youth was negatively correlated with self-concept. (14) The correlation co-efficient of type of family, education of elder sister and occupation of mother with self-concept of rural youth was non-significant. (15) The type of family, education of father, education of elder brother, occupation of father and social participation of rural youth influenced their self-concept positively and significantly. (16) The influence of type of family, education of father-mother, education of elder brother, social- Participation and socio-economic status of urban youth on their self-concept was positive and significant. (17) Social-participation of rural youth and mothers education of urban youth showed its superiority over other characters in influencing the self-concept. (18) The relationship between caste, size of family, sibling size, education of father-mother, education of elder brother, occupation of father, occupation of elder brother, type of farm production system, social participation and socio-economic status had positive and significant relationship with perceived level of occupational expectation from others in rural respondents. (19) Age had negative and significant correlation with perceived occupational expectation from others in rural and urban youth. (20) All the fourteen variables had significant correlation with perceived occupational expectation from others in case of urban youth. (21) Education of father & elder brother - sister, occupation of father & elder-brother and social participation of rural youth influenced perceived occupational expectation from others positively and significantly. (20) The influence of age, caste, size of family, education of father-mother, education of elder sister, occupation of father on their perceived occupational expectation from others were observed to be positive and significant.